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NPD Mar. 08 System Sales: PS3 & X360 neck/neck, Nintendo Wins

Another month, another fantastic NPD that's bound to keep gamers all across
the wonderful world of internet forums buzzing. Analysts, such as Michael
Pachter, are wrong...again. The PlayStation 3 was just barely unable to outsell
the Xbox 360 in March, shy of a mere 5k consoles. Some would consider it
statistical noise in the broad spectrum of the hundreds of thousands, but a win
is a win. Still, the console that was once hated, despised, and bashed on
without remorse has managed to stick neck-and-neck to its competitor. The
PlayStation 3 moved 257k consoles, to Microsoft's 262k units. We're still
awaiting hardware numbers from Canada, so the final North American victory
celebration is still up in the air.

It's worth mentioning that the past three months have had Sony outselling their
direct competition (Microsoft) not just in here, but practically worldwide. In
Europe and most other PAL territories, the PlayStation 3 has been outselling the
Xbox 360,and of course, in Japan. But, no one can touch the reigning King of
sales, and that is Nintendo. The Nintendo Wii's superb price and first party
offering of Smash Bros. Brawl sent it skyrocketing - 721k Wiis found their way
into a home in March. That's just unreal. What's equally impressive is the sales
of the Nintendo DS; 698k more of the dual screen wonders are in the hands of
gamers today.

Believe it or not, the PlayStation Portable (PSP) is actually the third best
selling platform of the Month, thanks to God of War and Crisis Core: Final
Fantasy VII. Retailers shifted 297k units into gamers all across the United
States. The PlayStation 2, still showing much life, moved 216k consoles.

Everyone who isn't a traditional gamer wants a wii ex. women, old people hell my mom said she wanted one thats a funny thought. PS3 will have its seperating months once MGS4 REALLY starts getting advertised and they release the MGS4 bundle. Finally a game is near release to show the PS3's true almost full potential!